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president obama vowed to find and bring to justice whoever is responsible. jonathan elias of our cbs boston station wbz was there on boylston street when the bombs went off. jonathan? >> scott, i was 30 feet away from that initial blast and we were filming people coming across the finish line for what should have been an end of a jubilant race. i mean, they were ecstatic. people were raising their arms up in the air, my producer, my photographer, myself, we are high-fiving these guys and just cheering them on and then a second later the bomb went off. when that first bomb went off we held our ground not knowing what had just happened and then seconds later the second bomb went off and that's when we knew exactly what was going on. we ran toward the scene of the initial blast as everyone else was running away trying to get out and off of boylston street. police officers down the street were holding up their hands and stopping some 9,000 runners still on the track telling them the race was over, they can't come down boylston and the carnage that was left on th
president obama vowed to find and bring to justice whoever is responsible. jonathan elias of our cbs boston station wbz was there on boylston street when the bombs went off. jonathan? >> scott, i was 30 feet away from that initial blast and we were filming people coming across the finish line for what should have been an end of a jubilant race. i mean, they were ecstatic. people were raising their arms up in the air, my producer, my photographer, myself, we are high-fiving these guys and...
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from first lady michelle obama. she brought 11-year-old aaron hern some stuffed toys and a medal from the president. the martinez sixth grader is recovering fm sevehrs leapnel ml be out of icu as soon as tomorrow. a family friend says he is having a hard time processing what happened. >> he is angry and confused. as a family, we all are helping him get through the anger and say, you know what, that's one bad man, one bad woman, one bad person. maybe two. but that's not the whole world. >> his family says he could be out of the icu tomorrow. but it's still unclear when he wi be able to come home. >>> we spoke to other bay area runners who were at the boston marathon when the blast happened. among them, 82-year-old ruth bortz of portola valley. she and her husband ran in the marathon. her husband was five miles from the finish line when the bomb went off and suddenly he says the race stopped. >> we didn't know whether it was some huge attack on our country or whether it was just some crazy fool. no one knew what was h
from first lady michelle obama. she brought 11-year-old aaron hern some stuffed toys and a medal from the president. the martinez sixth grader is recovering fm sevehrs leapnel ml be out of icu as soon as tomorrow. a family friend says he is having a hard time processing what happened. >> he is angry and confused. as a family, we all are helping him get through the anger and say, you know what, that's one bad man, one bad woman, one bad person. maybe two. but that's not the whole world....
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she was just a happy. >> president obama called the bombings a cowardly act of terrorism. >> you want to know who we are, what america is, how we respond to evil, that's it. selflessly, compassionately. >> surveillance cameras like this one near the crime scene are proving crucial to investigators. they are using them combined with cell phone footage in the hopes of catching the suspect. >> someone knows who did this. >> runners return to the scene today to pick up belongings they left behind and their marathon medals. mourners are placing t-shirts near the crime scene. the area will be closed off until at least thursday. the white house is still not saying whether they think this is an act of terrorism. we do know the president is slated to come to boston on thursday. he will be part of an enter faith service which will be dedicated to those. just like the people you see behind me, a lot of people in mourning. reporting live in boston. >>> also today investigators denied earlier reports that several unexploded bombs were found near the scene. as word of the bombings spread hospitals
she was just a happy. >> president obama called the bombings a cowardly act of terrorism. >> you want to know who we are, what america is, how we respond to evil, that's it. selflessly, compassionately. >> surveillance cameras like this one near the crime scene are proving crucial to investigators. they are using them combined with cell phone footage in the hopes of catching the suspect. >> someone knows who did this. >> runners return to the scene today to pick up...
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president obama also paused to remember those who were lost or injured. so did senators on capitol hill. bells across boston told. it's the first day many are back at work and school since the attacks. it's important for everyone to know this is not going to affect the way boston lives and works and breathes. >> reporter: this afternoon fbi turned boylston street back over to the city of boston and presented the mayor with an american flag. this memorial will soon be the city plans to reop road themarare finish line was in the coming days. bombing suspect johar tsarnaev made his first appearance before a judge in his hospital room. the 19-year-old is charged with using a weapon of mass destruction and malicious destruction of property resulting in death. he could face the death penalty if convicted. some lawmakers wanted tsarnaev declared an enemy combatant but the white house is defending its decision to try him in u.s. courts. >> this is absolutely the right way to and the appropriate way to go. when it comes to united states citizens, it is against the
president obama also paused to remember those who were lost or injured. so did senators on capitol hill. bells across boston told. it's the first day many are back at work and school since the attacks. it's important for everyone to know this is not going to affect the way boston lives and works and breathes. >> reporter: this afternoon fbi turned boylston street back over to the city of boston and presented the mayor with an american flag. this memorial will soon be the city plans to...
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tweet from the "associated press" saying falsely there had been explosions at the white house president obama had been hurt. the dow dropped 150 points and quickly recovered. in less than 5 minutes as much as $136 billion by one estimate may have changed hands. the reason high frequency computer trading. still, it wasn't enough to put brakes on trades. >> the dow only moved down a little less than 1%. that's not big enough to hit those alarm bells and those safeguards. >> reporter: some analysts say there don't seem to be sufficient safeguards on twitter accounts which when hacked quickly distribute bad information. >> it's too easy to hack anything, but it's too easy to hack twitter. >> it's too easy to hackneying they are still relying on simple passwords. >> reporter: cnet writer and tech blogger molly woods says while twitter is protected legally it's increasingly untrustworthy. it's heading toward a tipping point of more noise than light. >> they have to have good content. if you can't trust what you read on twitter, they will stop reading twitter and that's a problem for their business.
tweet from the "associated press" saying falsely there had been explosions at the white house president obama had been hurt. the dow dropped 150 points and quickly recovered. in less than 5 minutes as much as $136 billion by one estimate may have changed hands. the reason high frequency computer trading. still, it wasn't enough to put brakes on trades. >> the dow only moved down a little less than 1%. that's not big enough to hit those alarm bells and those safeguards. >>...
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news, investigators have arrested a mississippi man in the case of tainted letters sent to president obama and a u.s. senator. police say that both letters tested positive for the deadly poison ricin. they were signed, i am kc, and i approve this message. they have been traced to a man near tupelo, mississippi. the letters were intercepted yesterday before they could reach their intended targets. >>> there was a measure that failed for more strict background checks for gun control. it was opposed by the national rifle association. the president blasted congress for killing the bill calling it a shameful day for washington. >> there were no coherent arguments as to why we wouldn't do this. it came down to politics. the worry that that vocal minority of gun owners would come after them in future elections. and so they caved to the pressure. and they started looking for an excuse, any excuse, to vote no. >> the president pinned the blame on a small minority of republican senators. however, five democrats also opposed the plan. >>> the wife of a former texas justice of the peace has been charg
news, investigators have arrested a mississippi man in the case of tainted letters sent to president obama and a u.s. senator. police say that both letters tested positive for the deadly poison ricin. they were signed, i am kc, and i approve this message. they have been traced to a man near tupelo, mississippi. the letters were intercepted yesterday before they could reach their intended targets. >>> there was a measure that failed for more strict background checks for gun control. it...